Synopses & Reviews
Following the success of the best-selling hardcover edition, Angel City Press is proud to announce the release of FABULOUS LAS VEGAS IN THE 50s: Glitz, Glamour and Games in a new paperback edition. Filled with glamorous visuals that give authentic meaning to the word "kitsch," this must-have collectors' book shows Las Vegas as it was--the town where celebrities, everyday folk, and glamour mixed with glitz, games and sex appeal.
See and read about the early days of Sinatra on the Strip, Judy Garland introducing her eleven-year-old daughter Liza to the stage and Ronald Reagan making his Sin City debut performing with a troupe of chimps. Crosby and Hope tee off at the Tournament of Champions, Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher relax in the Desert Inn pool (in the days before Liz Taylor came between them), Milton Berle hams it up at his birthday party and a teen-aged Elvis teams up with Liberace for a duet. FABULOUS LAS VEGAS IN THE 50s is a treasury of retro Vegas, of pre-Rat Pack days before the town became America's Playground.
Authors Fred E. Basten and Charles Phoenix stir up a delicious cocktail of words and images to evoke the memories and magic of the pivotal decade when Vegas was VEGAS!
FABULOUS LAS VEGAS IN THE 50s:
* An affordable best-seller $19.95 paperback with flaps
* Dozens of rare celebrity photos
* Foreword by recording star and veteran performer Keely Smith, "The First Lady of Las Vegas"
* Artwork and memorabilia from the original Las Vegas Strip hotels, including the Flamingo, the
Sands, the Stardust, the Dunes and many more
Synopsis
Fabulous Las Vegas in the '50s?a treasury of retro Las Vegas, of pre-Rat Pack days, when Liberace's candles flamed, Elvis was a flop and the town was just beginning to earn its reputation as the capital of real-life make-believe. Filled with glamorous visuals that give authentic meaning to the word kitsch, this must-have collectors' book shows Las Vegas as it was?the town where celebrities, everyday folk, and glamour mixed with glitz, games and sex appeal. See and read about the early days of Sinatra on the Strip, Judy Garland introducing her eleven-year-old daughter Liza to the stage and Ronald Reagan making his Sin City debut performing with a troop of chimps. In these pages readers visit the original Tropicana hotel, the Sahara, the Sands, the Dunes and the Flamingo, as well as numerous spots that existed only in the earliest days of the town. [Paperbound out of stock; please order hardbound ISBN 1-883318-05-X].